I'm a teacher, and I will be making the following announcement to all my classes

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I'm a teacher, and I will be making the following announcement to all my classes tomorrow:

There's a controversy in the media over an assault on a gay student being called a "harmless prank." The student was pinned down, and his hair was forcibly cut. Let me be clear. Neither myself nor any staff at this school consider behavior like that to be a "harmless prank." We consider it assault. Do you understand?.......Do you have any questions?

Well, technically, she's right. Today, that would be assault. In fact, it was back then, too, but I suspect that the haircut had more to do with the kid being a hippie than gay. As long as she doesn't mention a specific candidate, she's not actually doing anything wrong.

Well, technically, she's right. Today, that would be assault. In fact, it was back then, too, but I suspect that the haircut had more to do with the kid being a hippie than gay.

Doucher male pack hazing singles out the different, the non-conformist, and the least likely to fight back with any effectiveness.

The "presumed" gay part of this story is editorial bullshit. This was generic asshole behavior found in just about any setting where teenage (even adult) males are gathered from high school to church camp.

Doucher male pack hazing singles out the different, the non-conformist, and the least likely to fight back with any effectiveness.

The "presumed" gay part of this story is editorial bullshit. This was generic asshole behavior found in just about any setting where teenage (even adult) males are gathered from high school to church camp.

It is a non-story.

Yes, it is. But the Washington Post spent quite a bit of time and money on it. Meanwhile, what was Obama's college GPA? How did a self-described "mediocre" student get into Harvard?

While the Post reports White as having “long been bothered” by the haircutting incident,” he told ABC News he was not present for the prank, in which Romney is said to have forcefully cut a student’s long hair and was not aware of it until this year when he was contacted by the Washington Post.

Well, there is that pesky affirmative action thing that makes schools accept minorities based on their skin color rather than their character or gpa....

I love how this is considered "assualt", it's hair it will grow back ffs.

Any physical contact can be characterized as assault, and holding somebody down while you cut their hair qualifies.

I'm not saying that this should invalidate Romney's candidacy, or that it's even revelant to the election, only that 47 years ago, in high school, he participated in the bullying of another kid in a way which would have gotten him charged with assault today. I also am saying that if this is fair game, then I want the media to provide the same scrutiny to Obama's history, including his high school and college years, his travels to Pakistan, his associations with radicals throughout his life and his conduct as an adult. I don't expect it to happen, but I do expect us to get in the faces of the Washington Post's reps and demand to know why they aren't doing their due diligence.

............ How did a self-described "mediocre" student get into Harvard?......

That's going to be a tough one for DU to address. After all, they have been proclaiming for years that a "moron" got into Yale. They want us to forget that this same "moron" got into Harvard Business School, too.